Candle-dipping machine



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R. E. HUMPHREYS CANDLE DIPPING MACHIN Filed June 14 Um. 14, 1924. mmm@ 1R. E.l HUMPHREYS CANDLE DIPPING MACHINE Fill RUBERT F.' HUMPHREYS, 0F WHITJIN'G, ]',1\`ll)lllANA.,l ASSIGNOR T0 STD @EL @UFF- or irme, INDIANA, A cofaronarrou or run t:

CLE-DIPPING MACHINE.

duplication med l.Tune 1t, 1928. Serial No.. @5,802

To yall whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. HUM- rHRnYs, a citizen of the United States, resid- The present invention relates to improve ments in candle di ping machines and will be fully understooV from the following description thereof, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly broken away of a machine embodying the present inventionz f Fig. 21s a plan view of a portion of the track and of the carrier for the candle supports,

Fig. 3 is a vertical -sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Y

Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a candle support,

Flg. 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, of a candle support,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailed view in slde elevation of a portlon of a candle support, showing the mode of engaging a candle thereby, and

Fi ."7 is a vertical sectional view on the line 7 of Fig. 6. The machine of the present invention 1s for thelpurpose of di ping candles, either wholly or partly pre'- ormed, for the, purpose of vcompleting their formation or, more generally,for applying a' superficial coating of colored wax thereto.' Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 lndicates a steam bath in which is provided a container or tub 11 for melted wax,

in general colored by me'ans of a dye or pigment. On each side of the dipping tank 11 are provided spaced parallel rails 12 and 13, the rails 12 being' adjacent the tank. Wheeled frames/14 are mounted on each set of rails 12 and 13, these frames being provided at their tops with spaced angle irons 15 which serve as tracks for the movement of the carriers for the candle supports. The vframes 1d are connected by substantially lll-shaped frame' members 16 (illustrated as formed of separable members bolted together), these frame members straddling the tub 11. Centrally from the upper a :i verse portion of eacbfof U- shaped members-16 arises a vertical post or bar 17. Upon the posts 17 is sldably mounted a dipping frame 18, the latter being provided with projecting bored members 19 through the openings of which the bars 17 pass.

The dipping frames 18 are formed of parallel angle irons 20 secured to bail members 21 and held in their proper relative positions by. transverse braces 22. 'llhe angle irons 20 ofthe dipping frame4 are the same distance apart as the angle irons or tracks 15 of the frames 14 and, when the dipping frame is in kposition such that the angle irons 20 are on the same level as the' angle irons or tracks 15, continuous tracks for the movement of the carriers for members 23held in spaced parallel relation by lbars 24 and mounted upon the rollers or wheels 25. This wheeled carrier, uponwhich the supports for -the candles may be placed, can be moved along the tracks or angle irons 15 to the dipping frames 21, where it may be brought to rest and caused to move vertically downward with the latter.

The vertical movement of the dipping frame is effected in the following manner. To the' bail members 21 of the dip in frame is secured a strap or belt 26, w ic passes over pulleys 27 and 28 mounted on a' supporting frame 29 which in turn, may be conveniently mounted upon the lll-shaped supporting frames 16 previously referred to. The strap 26 then passes downwardl over a small pulley29 mounted on a sha '30 which is provided at its end 'with a gear 31 meshing with a second ear 32 mounted on .a parallel shaft 83 driven by a hand wheel 34. |llhe shafts and .33 are likeloo wise mountedin suitable bearings provided on the frame 29. From the pulley 2 9 the strap 26- passes over a pulley 35, then over a pulley 36 mounted on standards 37' supported on the frame `29 and at the end of' the strap is secured a counter-weight 38, which counterbalances the dipping frame when loaded with a candle support carrier and the candle suppo rh@ Supports for uw .e 1 o. im

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detail in rigs. 4, 5, e 'and 7.. As illustrated,

l these` candle supports are formed of an through slots 43 in the inner angle irons 40. A number of such fastenings are provided in each web ofthe angle irons forming the candle supports. In corresponding webs of the angle irons 40 and 41 there are provided slots or openings 44 and 45 respectvely from the edge inward, these openings being aligned when the angle irons 40` and 41 are directly superposed over each Other.- By longitudinal movement of the inner angle iron 40, these openings are caused to overlap until an edge of each slot 44 in the inner angle iron 4Q meets or passes the opposite edge of theI openings 45 in the lower angle iron 41, vthereby pinching and j holding the wick 46 of a candle 47 which has previously been placed in the slot. `This longitudinal 'movementfof the inner angle iron with respect to the outer one ma readily be effected by the device shown 1n detail in Figs. 6? and 7'. An L- shaped opening 48 is provided in the inner angle iron 40, through which extends a pivot pin 49 secured, by riveting or otherwise, in the outer angle iron 41. Within the angle a bell crank lever 50 is mounted on this pivot pin, the shorter arm of this bell crank lever being provided with a pin 51 which enterslone arm of the, L-shaped opening 48. On movement of the bell crank lever 50, the pin 51 engaging the sides of one arm of the opening 48 in the inner angle iron 40 causes movement of the latter thereby pinching or releasing the wicks of candles inserted in the slots 44 and 45.

In .operation the entire device, by movement of the tracks 12 and 13, is brought intol iposition over a selected dipping pot 11. By manipulating the hand wheel 34, the di-pping frame is brought to its normal raised position, the angle irons 21 forming the track of the dipping. frame being then aligned with the tracks 15. A number of the candle supports having previously vbeen filled Vby pinching the wicks of candles therein `in the manner already described,

a suitable number of these candle supports are laid longitudinally of a carrier, resting on the cross-bars 23 with the candles depending as shown in Fig. 3. When one of the carriers has been loaded it is rolled along the tracks 15 on one side of the dipping frame until it rests on the tracks 21 of the dip-ping frame itself. By manipulation of the hand wheel 34 the dipping frame is then moved downwardly until the candles enter the melted wax in the dipping pot and after a proper len th of immersion, they are raised therefrom. gWhen the dipping frame has returned to its normal raised position, the carrier with its load of dipped candles is rolled onto the tracks 15 opposite those on which it was loaded. In the meantime other carriers have'been similarly loaded and as soon as the'load of di ped candles is removed from the dipping rame, a carrier loaded with candles to be dipped is rolled upon it', the dipping .operation Ibeing then repeated.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with certain specic details of apparatus embodying the same, it is not intended that these details shall be regarded as limitations upon the scope of the invention, except in so far as included in the accompanying claims.

I claim: v

1, In a candle dipping device, a candle support comprising superimposed plates having corresponding slots opening from the edge inward and means for retaining said plates in juxtaposition while permitting longitudinal movement of one with respect to the other.

2. In a candle dipping device, a candle support comprising nested angle irons, corresponding openings formed in one of the webs of each of said angle irons, said openingsbeing formed from the edge inward, and means yfor retaining said angle irons in juxtaposition while permitting longitudinal movement of one with respect to the other.

3. In a candle ,dipping device, a candle support comprising a pair of nested angle irons, lsaid angle irons having correspond- :ing slots formed in one of "the webs of each of them, said slots opening from the edges inwardly, means for retaining said angle irons in juxtaposition while permitting longitudinal movement of one with respect to the other, a pin secured to one of said angle irons and means mounted upon said pivot pin and engaging the other angle iron for causing longitudinal movement thereof.

, ROBERT E. riUMrHREYs. 

